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Yvette Higgins scores the golden goal with 1.3 seconds on the clock in Sydney in 2000.

'I really thought it was a lost cause': The 100-year wait for 1.3 seconds of Olympic glory

For a century, men played water polo at the Olympics and women did not. So when Australia's women ended up with gold medals around their necks in Sydney, it wasn't just for those in the pool that glorious day.

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